Yeah, they still haven't quite figured that out yet. They figured buying the President was good enough. I'd imagine that's how it works in China--you just have to buy the top person.
Personally, I think this is just a fig-leaf for the elections. "My opponent is campaigning against me by saying that I'm Donald Trump's water-boy. Well, I'm tough--I stood up to the President on this random issue." Of course, nothing will actually happen with this bill before the election. After the election, assuming the Senator gets re-elected, they'll just drop the whole thing...
If women did the same work as men but for 75% of the wages then a company consisting completely of women would beat all the rest. I have seen small companies run entirely by women but they've been veterinary clinics, medical clinics, and schools, but that's because women naturally gravitate to occupations where a strong nurturing personality is beneficial.
Comments like this sort of stick in my craw.
I don't disagree that the idea that a company should hire a woman for every man hired in order to have some magic 50-50 ratio is ridiculous.
The question is whether or not a company is not hiring a woman for a position she could do because she's a woman.
There are plenty of examples of companies calling in John for an interview and not calling in Susan (or Enrique or Javon) even though they have duplicate resumes. And, to me, it's worthwhile to make certain that this isn't happening. "Oh, this is all low-level device driver stuff. Not something a woman would be good at, so I won't waste my time. Women developers are better at UI because women have an 'eye' for that sort of thing..."
That's the part that sticks in my craw: "Oh, women/men are better at..."
Heck, there are plenty of cases where courts have assigned child custody to women because, "women are more nurturing." Then they discover that Mom's a coke addict and the kids live in squalor. But, hey, that's better than living with Dad (y'know, the guy who left her because she was a coke addict).
Now the common response is, "Okay, but for the most part, women/men are better at..."
That may be true or it may not be. But you're potentially discounting a fantastic candidate because "most women wouldn't be good at that..." But what about the one who is?
I always hear people bringing up the paucity of male elementary school teachers. And they're right--imagine if you wanted to teach in elementary school but you couldn't even get an interview because you were male? And the reason is that, "most women are better with young children than men are." That's wrong--and I agree with that wholeheartedly. So why should it be different for women wanting to be developers?
I have to admit, that's what I'm curious about IRT the iMac Pro.
Apple's apology tour last year talked about how they put themselves in a "thermal envelope" with the Mac Pro where, basically, they couldn't upgrade to the new Intel CPUs because their design just wouldn't be able to handle the heat. What was unsaid was that Apple didn't want to spend the money to redesign it because, while profitable, the Mac Pro doesn't sell that many units.
So what I'm curious about is what's going to happen when Intel releases the next generation of Xeons. Will we see an upgraded iMac Pro? I'd like to think that Apple learned their lesson and designed the iMac Pro so that it could handle hotter CPUs. But I have my doubts.
And, frankly, if I'm plunking down $5000 for a computer, it better have the latest and greatest therein.
If I'm looking for the proverbial "one laptop for everything", I'd probably be fine with the option of having an on-screen keyboard in case I needed to jot off a quick message and don't want to unpack my keyboard (carried separately).
Most people just don't have a need for a device between their phone and their computer.
I won't disagree with the "most people," but I actually like the small phone that I carry everywhere and is okay for consuming content, 8" tablet for flights, known long waits (i.e., the DMV), and 17" laptop for work on the go. When not on the go, the laptop plugs into an external big display...
China could put up a stronger financial fight, but when US allies stop trading with them, they won't be doing so well.
Last I knew, we didn't have much for allies...
I figure after the whole nuclear treaty with Iran-thing, Iran will be more than willing to go back to selling oil for Euros. And I'm sure the EU will be fine with it. And they're just about as big a market as the US.
What possible use is having a feature for this for applications like [...] vacuums
I recently got one of the Neato robot vacuums (love it, by the way). I'll occasionally get messages from the vacuum cleaner when I'm at work about how it's stuck.
I've debated, from time to time, naming the various areas of the house that the vacuum visits in order to be able to instruct it to go to that area and vacuum (e.g, "Go vacuum the front hall" or "Go vacuum the living room"). That could conceivably be useful. I was also debating figuring out how to integrate the room maps that Neato makes with, perhaps, locations markers. So the next time I spill coffee or sugar or baby powder or something, I could say, "Come here and vacuum this area."
I could also see this sort of messaging for failures or oddities. For example, my roommate has a habit of washing a small amount of clothes in a large amount of water. When she does this, the clothes will all end up in one area of the dryer. When it goes to the spin cycle, the load is lopsided and the dryer will, at best, make more noise (as the drum hits the edge of the dryer) and, at worst, will manage to move itself around the room. So far, it hasn't damaged itself...
I could see it being a good thing to have a smart washer that would recognize this and send a warning. Of course, it would be better if she hit the "water level" button...
Well, again, I'm being facetious. So don't take it too seriously. And, yes, I'm aware that NASA uses metric measurements and the crash of the Mars Climate Orbiter was that a piece of hardware was generating non-metric measurements when NASA expected measurements in metric. The joke is that the US, which I am incorrectly stating is using non-metric units because they do so everywhere else, manages to land on Mars while the Europeans and Russians, which use metric units, can not.
That said, I'm not sure it's that big of a deal to a computer. Accurately converting between kilometers, meters, and centimeters is dead simple for us humans. Converting between, say, miles, feet, and inches is much harder for us humans. But it's not like it makes that much difference to a computer whether it's dividing by 1000 or dividing by 5280.
Actually, let's be honest here: Don't Use Metric. Those Europeans landers have had some real problems. Meanwhile, the ones from the US seem to land just fine. But as soon as the US added a little bit of the metric system to a probe? Whammo!
Y'see, when those units are so easy to convert, you start making mistakes. When you know it's tough, you check things out more thoroughly.
(And, yes, I'm being facetious for those of you who are missing it...)
Since this fluorescent effect only presents itself under low visible light/high UV light conditions, the question is: where does one find such an environment? The answer might be; under water.
I dunno. I can think of a few nightclubs/discos with that combination...
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Nah. You need to pay more attention to the news.
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Yeah, they still haven't quite figured that out yet. They figured buying the President was good enough. I'd imagine that's how it works in China--you just have to buy the top person.
Personally, I think this is just a fig-leaf for the elections. "My opponent is campaigning against me by saying that I'm Donald Trump's water-boy. Well, I'm tough--I stood up to the President on this random issue." Of course, nothing will actually happen with this bill before the election. After the election, assuming the Senator gets re-elected, they'll just drop the whole thing...
If women did the same work as men but for 75% of the wages then a company consisting completely of women would beat all the rest. I have seen small companies run entirely by women but they've been veterinary clinics, medical clinics, and schools, but that's because women naturally gravitate to occupations where a strong nurturing personality is beneficial.
Comments like this sort of stick in my craw.
I don't disagree that the idea that a company should hire a woman for every man hired in order to have some magic 50-50 ratio is ridiculous.
The question is whether or not a company is not hiring a woman for a position she could do because she's a woman.
There are plenty of examples of companies calling in John for an interview and not calling in Susan (or Enrique or Javon) even though they have duplicate resumes. And, to me, it's worthwhile to make certain that this isn't happening. "Oh, this is all low-level device driver stuff. Not something a woman would be good at, so I won't waste my time. Women developers are better at UI because women have an 'eye' for that sort of thing..."
That's the part that sticks in my craw: "Oh, women/men are better at..."
Heck, there are plenty of cases where courts have assigned child custody to women because, "women are more nurturing." Then they discover that Mom's a coke addict and the kids live in squalor. But, hey, that's better than living with Dad (y'know, the guy who left her because she was a coke addict).
Now the common response is, "Okay, but for the most part, women/men are better at..."
That may be true or it may not be. But you're potentially discounting a fantastic candidate because "most women wouldn't be good at that..." But what about the one who is?
I always hear people bringing up the paucity of male elementary school teachers. And they're right--imagine if you wanted to teach in elementary school but you couldn't even get an interview because you were male? And the reason is that, "most women are better with young children than men are." That's wrong--and I agree with that wholeheartedly. So why should it be different for women wanting to be developers?
There are 99 nuclear reactors producing electricity in the United States today.
99 nuclear reactors.
If one of those reactors should happen to fail,
98 nuclear reactors producing electricity in the United States.
Sing it with me!
They never (or almost never) announce HW at WWDC.
Mmm...
WWDC 2008: iPhone 3G.
WWDC 2009: MacBook Pro, iPhone 3GS.
WWDC 2010: iPhone 4G
WWDC 2012: MacBook Pro
WWDC 2013: MacBook Air, Mac Pro
WWDC 2017: iMac Pro, iPad Pro
So, 6 out of the last 10 years they've announced hardware at WWDC. Not sure I'd call that "almost never."
I have to admit, that's what I'm curious about IRT the iMac Pro.
Apple's apology tour last year talked about how they put themselves in a "thermal envelope" with the Mac Pro where, basically, they couldn't upgrade to the new Intel CPUs because their design just wouldn't be able to handle the heat. What was unsaid was that Apple didn't want to spend the money to redesign it because, while profitable, the Mac Pro doesn't sell that many units.
So what I'm curious about is what's going to happen when Intel releases the next generation of Xeons. Will we see an upgraded iMac Pro? I'd like to think that Apple learned their lesson and designed the iMac Pro so that it could handle hotter CPUs. But I have my doubts.
And, frankly, if I'm plunking down $5000 for a computer, it better have the latest and greatest therein.
"Monitor key parts of the earth's climate system"
Maybe it's just me, but this sounds more like a job for NOAA.
Depends on the use case.
If I'm looking for the proverbial "one laptop for everything", I'd probably be fine with the option of having an on-screen keyboard in case I needed to jot off a quick message and don't want to unpack my keyboard (carried separately).
Most people just don't have a need for a device between their phone and their computer.
I won't disagree with the "most people," but I actually like the small phone that I carry everywhere and is okay for consuming content, 8" tablet for flights, known long waits (i.e., the DMV), and 17" laptop for work on the go. When not on the go, the laptop plugs into an external big display...
Well, part of the argument is that if you were selling your software via retail stores, they would often demand 50%.
Of course, here in the 21st Century, who buys software from retail stores?
They have all of your contacts. They have all of your emails and text messages.
...and if you ever want to see them again, you'll buy $10,000 of the newly announced "Facecoin!"
I don't have a roof, you insensitive clod!
China could put up a stronger financial fight, but when US allies stop trading with them, they won't be doing so well.
Last I knew, we didn't have much for allies...
I figure after the whole nuclear treaty with Iran-thing, Iran will be more than willing to go back to selling oil for Euros. And I'm sure the EU will be fine with it. And they're just about as big a market as the US.
Not to mention the spanish inquisition.
I'm not saying it's aliens, but...
What possible use is having a feature for this for applications like [...] vacuums
I recently got one of the Neato robot vacuums (love it, by the way). I'll occasionally get messages from the vacuum cleaner when I'm at work about how it's stuck.
I've debated, from time to time, naming the various areas of the house that the vacuum visits in order to be able to instruct it to go to that area and vacuum (e.g, "Go vacuum the front hall" or "Go vacuum the living room"). That could conceivably be useful. I was also debating figuring out how to integrate the room maps that Neato makes with, perhaps, locations markers. So the next time I spill coffee or sugar or baby powder or something, I could say, "Come here and vacuum this area."
I could also see this sort of messaging for failures or oddities. For example, my roommate has a habit of washing a small amount of clothes in a large amount of water. When she does this, the clothes will all end up in one area of the dryer. When it goes to the spin cycle, the load is lopsided and the dryer will, at best, make more noise (as the drum hits the edge of the dryer) and, at worst, will manage to move itself around the room. So far, it hasn't damaged itself...
I could see it being a good thing to have a smart washer that would recognize this and send a warning. Of course, it would be better if she hit the "water level" button...
Well, again, I'm being facetious. So don't take it too seriously. And, yes, I'm aware that NASA uses metric measurements and the crash of the Mars Climate Orbiter was that a piece of hardware was generating non-metric measurements when NASA expected measurements in metric. The joke is that the US, which I am incorrectly stating is using non-metric units because they do so everywhere else, manages to land on Mars while the Europeans and Russians, which use metric units, can not.
That said, I'm not sure it's that big of a deal to a computer. Accurately converting between kilometers, meters, and centimeters is dead simple for us humans. Converting between, say, miles, feet, and inches is much harder for us humans. But it's not like it makes that much difference to a computer whether it's dividing by 1000 or dividing by 5280.
Actually, let's be honest here: Don't Use Metric. Those Europeans landers have had some real problems. Meanwhile, the ones from the US seem to land just fine. But as soon as the US added a little bit of the metric system to a probe? Whammo!
Y'see, when those units are so easy to convert, you start making mistakes. When you know it's tough, you check things out more thoroughly.
(And, yes, I'm being facetious for those of you who are missing it...)
Yeah. Remember listening to music on the AM Radio?
I have no mouth and I must scream.
I have to admit, I always liked "FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN #34" or something similar.
Won't somebody please thinking of the children?
[...] with Fortran on punch cards.
You had punch cards? Luxury.
Since this fluorescent effect only presents itself under low visible light/high UV light conditions, the question is: where does one find such an environment? The answer might be; under water.
I dunno. I can think of a few nightclubs/discos with that combination...
I think it's mostly because NOAA is the one taking lots of pictures of the Earth.